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Connecticut will continue to offer vaccinations for COVID-19 based on age.

The move bucks guidance from both federal and state advisory groups.

Bridgeport councilman gets COVID vaccine, urges skeptical Black residents to get theirs FacebookTwitterEmail City councilman Ernest Newton speaks at a news conference at the Morton Government Center, in Bridgeport, Conn. Oct. 20, 2020.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media BRIDGEPORT — Normally draped in his trademark richly colored suits when out and about, Councilman Ernie Newton is publicly baring an arm for a cause. “I’m here today to get my shot because I believe that this will help us not spread the disease,” Newton says in a video posted online on Facebook over the weekend. With...

Everything about the COVID-19 vaccination of Gov. Ned Lamont in a Black megachurch in Bloomfield on Tuesday was calculated to maximize its political and public-health impact — as well as protect Connecticut’s 67-year-old governor.

Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling gets a COVID-19 shot from nurse Sarah Waters, Tuesday at the Norwalk Senior Center. (Claire Schoen) NORWALK, Conn. — The Norwalk Health Department has vaccinated more than 2,700 Norwalk citizens against COVID-19, and none have had an adverse reaction, Norwalk Communications Manager Josh Morgan said Tuesday. Mayor Harry Rilling became one of those citizens Tuesday, getting vaccinated the same day as Gov. Ned Lamont staged his own inoculation. While Lamont’s event was timed to convey Lamont’s confidence in the vaccine yet a willingness to wait his turn, Rilling...